US11855462B2 - Method for controlling an induction coil, and induction coil apparatus - Google Patents

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US11855462B2
US11855462B2 US16/802,639 US202016802639A US11855462B2 US 11855462 B2 US11855462 B2 US 11855462B2 US 202016802639 A US202016802639 A US 202016802639A US 11855462 B2 US11855462 B2 US 11855462B2
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  • the invention relates to a method for controlling an induction coil, in particular on an induction hob, in order to be able to adjust a power generation for a primary power on the induction coil.
  • the induction hob has control means for the power generation, wherein the induction coil forms a primary-side resonant circuit with a capacitance connected in series.
  • the control means of the induction coil have at least two manipulated variables by means of which they alter the generated primary power, namely the altering of an operating frequency for the primary-side resonant circuit as a first manipulated variable and the altering of a voltage effectively applied to the primary-side resonant circuit as a second manipulated variable.
  • the induction coil in this arrangement can perform a power transmission to an electrical consumer put onto a cover above the induction coil, which electrical consumer has a receiver coil and an electrical load connected thereto.
  • the induction coil and the receiver coil are then coupled in the style of a transformer such that a current in the induction coil induces a voltage in the receiver coil, which in turn causes a flow of current, as a result of which a secondary power is generated in the load of the electrical consumer.
  • Information pertaining to a desired secondary power on the load of the electrical consumer is prescribed for the control means of the induction coil, for example by means of a setting knob at the top of the electrical consumer.
  • the same induction coil each time is supposed to be able to be used both to heat an induction-compatible cooking pot and to supply a cordless appliance as electrical consumer with power or energy.
  • the induction coil and the cooking pot or the receiver coil are coupled in the style of a transformer, i.e. a current in the induction coil induces a voltage in the receiver coil, which leads to a flow of current there in accordance with a secondary power in the load of the electrical consumer, which in turn leads to a counter voltage in the induction coil.
  • the invention is based on the object of providing a method as cited at the outset and an induction coil apparatus suitable for performing said method that allow problems in the prior art to be solved and that in particular allow an electrical consumer put on above the induction coil and having a receiver coil and an electrical load connected thereto to be operated advantageously, preferably even in the event of an abrupt load change or very rapid movement of the electrical consumer.
  • the induction coil is designed for power transmission to an electrical consumer put onto a cover above the induction coil, which electrical consumer has a receiver coil and an electrical load connected thereto, as described at the outset.
  • the applicable induction coil apparatus is advantageously in the form of an induction hob, that is to say one on which cooking is also supposed to be able to take place. It may fundamentally also be incorporated or integrated in any suitable furniture such as a table, a cupboard or a dresser, however.
  • control means for the power generation advantageously with power switches, for example power semiconductor switches.
  • the induction coil forms a primary-side resonant circuit with a capacitance connected in series, as is customary.
  • the primary resonant circuit can advantageously be supplied with power by a half-bridge or a full bridge.
  • the induction coil and the receiver coil are coupled in the style of a transformer such that a current in the induction coil induces a voltage in the receiver coil on the basis of the generated primary power.
  • This voltage in turn causes a flow of current and hence a generation of the secondary power in the load of the electrical consumer, which in turn leads to a counter voltage in the induction coil.
  • a controller of the induction coil said controller being designed to perform the aforementioned method. It may in particular be connected to the control means or can provide said control means with information.
  • Information pertaining to a desired secondary power on the load of the electrical consumer is prescribed for the control means of the induction coil, wherein the control means of the induction coil have at least two manipulated variables. They can alter the generated primary power by means of these two manipulated variables.
  • a first manipulated variable is the altering of an operating frequency for the primary-side resonant circuit.
  • a second manipulated variable is the altering of a voltage effectively applied to the primary-side resonant circuit.
  • the control means operate with a transfer function P(f) for the primary power that has at least one local peak, sometimes even just a single peak, around which an operating method proceeds advantageously. The reason is that if the coupling is good, the transfer function can have two peaks with a trough in between.
  • the function or the curve thereof flattens out on both sides.
  • this transfer function P(f) a decrease in the operating frequency to the right of this at least one local peak leads to a higher primary power, and an increase in the operating frequency leads to a lower primary power.
  • the range being used is then what is known as the inductive operating range.
  • a decrease in the operating frequency leads to a lower primary power, and an increase in the operating frequency leads to a higher primary power.
  • the range being used is then what is known as the capacitive operating range.
  • the induction coil is operated using an operating frequency that is above the operating frequency at this local peak in the transfer function, which means that the induction coil is in the inductive operating range.
  • a first derivative of the transfer function is negative here, since it falls here.
  • the local peak is advantageously in a range of the operating frequency between 15 kHz and 50 kHz, particularly advantageously between 20 kHz and 36 kHz, and in this range it is the only peak in the transfer function P(f) for the primary power.
  • Moving the pot at constant operating frequency alters the coupling between the induction coil and the receiver coil and can result in the preferred inductive operating range of the transfer function no longer being used, rather the capacitive operating range. An attempt can then be made to steer back to the preferred inductive operating range.
  • control means in a first mode of operation always attempt to adjust the desired secondary power to a steady state using maximum modulation of the voltage effectively applied to the primary-side resonant circuit, which voltage forms the aforementioned second manipulated variable. This applies in the following cases:
  • the primary power is increased, in particular because a higher secondary power is demanded in accordance with one of the two aforementioned cases, by virtue of the control means decreasing the operating frequency as first manipulated variable.
  • the primary power is decreased, in particular because a lower secondary power is demanded in accordance with one of the two aforementioned cases, by virtue of the control means decreasing the voltage effectively applied to the primary-side resonant circuit, as second manipulated variable, in a first step.
  • the operating frequency as first manipulated variable is then increased.
  • the two steps need to be repeated multiple times in order to keep the current and the power in a desired operating range.
  • an operating point on a curve of a transfer function P(f) can again be attained, just on a different curve, as corresponds to the new physical conditions.
  • a change in the transformer-style coupling between the induction coil and the receiver coil on account of a movement clearly results in a new curve.
  • the induction coil and the receiver coil are “interoperable” or matched to one another, as is the aim of the aforementioned open standard.
  • the respectively defined powers can be transmitted during the power transmission.
  • the control means can keep the primary-side current approximately constant at an initial level of the primary-side current of I_ 1 before the electrical consumer was moved, with a range of variation of ⁇ 5%, at constant operating frequency in a first step. This is accomplished by virtue of the control means reducing the voltage effectively applied to the primary-side resonant circuit, as second manipulated variable. As such, a primary power is generated that corresponds to a secondary power lower than the desired secondary power.
  • the resultant operating point is robust against the various possible causes of damping, in particular if a change towards said operating point is such that the resulting operating point should lie in the aforementioned capacitive operating range of the transfer function, in which a reduction in the frequency leads to a rise in the current that can even destroy a converter.
  • a disadvantage of this first step is that the resultant operating point normally has increased losses. At a higher operating frequency with maximum effective voltage on the induction coil, the losses would be lower, i.e. the efficiency would be higher. The aim in subsequent steps is thus to change to such an operating point having lower losses.
  • the operating frequency as first manipulated variable is increased until the current in the induction coil has changed by no more than ⁇ 10% or until the primary power differs from the value for the primary power at which the actual secondary power corresponds to the desired secondary power by no more than ⁇ 10%.
  • Measuring the secondary power in order to see whether the desired secondary power that the electrical consumer has requested from the induction coil is present on the load would take too long for the control process, that is to say makes no technical sense.
  • the voltage effectively applied to the primary-side resonant circuit is altered again such that the primary-side current has again reached its initial level of I_ 1 before the electrical consumer was moved or the desired secondary power was changed, or a change of load, or until the desired secondary power on the load has been obtained.
  • the first aforementioned step and the second aforementioned step are then performed alternately until the secondary power measured on the load is less than or equal to the desired secondary power, or until the maximum possible voltage effectively applied to the primary-side resonant circuit, as second manipulated variable, is reached. In the latter case, it may just not be possible for a higher secondary power to be caused; the load then needs to be operated at lower secondary power.
  • the threshold for a change in the current in the induction coil and/or the threshold for a change in the primary power upward is lower than for a change downward, that is to say as a decrease.
  • this may preferably be by no more than +5% upward and by no more than ⁇ 10% downward, particularly preferably by no more than +2% upward and by no more than ⁇ 5% downward.
  • Information pertaining to a desired secondary power on the load of the electrical consumer is advantageously prescribed for the control means; particularly advantageously, the electrical consumer sends the prescribed value for the power generation to the power generation.
  • said electrical consumer can have not only a transmitter and a control or a certain intelligence but also a control unit that a user can use to adjust the operation of the electrical consumer and hence the load.
  • the electrical consumer can be a mixer, for example, that can operate at different speed levels. There is therefore a varying power requirement on an electric motor of the mixer, depending on which level the user sets on the control unit, for example by means of a button or rotary switch.
  • This selected speed level is evaluated by the control, which calculates therefrom a desired secondary power that the motor and the electrical consumer need, possibly in addition to a power for the basic requirement of the control unit.
  • This desired secondary power is then sent by the electrical consumer to the control means of the induction coil, for example in an induction hob having an appropriate receiver.
  • the desired secondary power may firstly be an absolute value, for example “1500 W”.
  • an electrical consumer is able, without integrated measurement of the secondary power, to prescribe a desired power corresponding to the desired operating point on the basis of experience.
  • the receiver can send a difference in the measured secondary power from the desired secondary power to the control means of the induction coil, since the primary power and the secondary power differ from one another by the losses during the transmission, this efficiency being able to vary.
  • the induction coil can provide control only against values of its own, which means that the prescribing of the secondary power is used to ascertain a desired primary power. This primary power is then used to operate the induction coil.
  • the voltage effectively applied to the primary-side resonant circuit, as second manipulated variable, is preferably altered by changing the ratio of the ON period to the OFF period of the switching means for a half-bridge in the power control, which is also known as duty ratio. If there is provision for a full bridge, collectively formed from two half-bridges, in the power control, the phase angle between the controlling signals of the two half-bridges is changed, which ultimately corresponds to what has been described above and to the altering of the effectively applied voltage.
  • An advantageous duty ratio of 50% in the case of a DC-controlled half-bridge corresponds to the operating point at the maximum of the effective voltage for a prescribed operating frequency.
  • the duty ratio of 50% corresponding to a phase angle of 180° in the case of a full bridge.
  • the operating frequency preferably remains constant.
  • the power transmission can be permanently effected at the maximum possible voltage effectively applied to the primary-side resonant circuit, as second manipulated variable.
  • An effective voltage of maximum magnitude is applied to the induction coil at the arising operating frequency.
  • the aforementioned threshold values that are preferably lower upward than downward can apply in this case. They can also be +5% and ⁇ 10%, in particular +2% and ⁇ 5%.
  • permanent operation of the induction coil to supply power to the electrical consumer can be effected at an operating frequency that is higher than an operating frequency at which the curve of the transfer function P(f) has its aforementioned at least local peak in the maximum primary power, or in which the curve of the transfer function P(f) has a negative first derivative, that is to say falls.
  • the range being used is then the inductive range of the transfer function P(f). The losses can be kept lower here.
  • dynamic limiting of the current through the induction coil is effected to protect the apparatus, but also the electrical consumer, wherein a limit is +10%, in particular +5%, of the present current value.
  • the dynamic limiting limits the current and hence the magnetic field, which, as a current source in the load, can damage or even destroy the latter.
  • the power generation on the induction coil is switched off or the current is reduced to a value at least 25% or even 50% below the present current value, the current being reduced by virtue of the voltage effectively applied to the primary-side resonant circuit, as second manipulated variable, being reduced.
  • the aforementioned limit can be regularly corrected, preferably every 8 msec to 500 msec. In particular, it is corrected every 16.6 msec to 20 msec, so that every second half-cycle can be checked. This can be used for transition processes between operating points to continually have protection against sudden load changes, in particular shed loads, in the electrical consumer that has been put on.
  • the current through the induction coil can be measured by means of comparators that directly influence a driver for power semiconductors as control means for the induction coil. This achieves a configuration that has as little susceptibility to error as possible.
  • a power generation with a half-bridge circuit for the induction coil can involve a current peak being measured as current, which current peak is generated by precisely one power switch of the half-bridge circuit. This power switch has the shorter ON time in comparison with the other power switch.
  • induction coils in an induction hob as a possible induction coil apparatus are controlled using this method, particularly preferably in a specific mode for electrical consumers having an electrical load that have been put on. These induction coils can then still be used for standard inductive heating of pots in another normal mode.
  • An operating frequency to increase the primary power of one of the induction coils is not reduced continuously in this case, but rather is reduced in steps or stages.
  • the change in the operating frequency of an induction coil is synchronized together with those of other induction coils that are currently being operated.
  • the present invention particularly relates, in a first case, to handling a change in the desired secondary power of an electrical consumer that has been put on, in particular also in the case of a sharp change in the power requirement.
  • it deals with a change in the transformer-style coupling between the induction coil and the receiver coil, for example in the event of movement.
  • the transformer-style or magnetic coupling between the induction coil and the receiver coil becomes lower if the receiver coil is not placed centrally above the induction coil. Even when the receiver coil is moved, it is admittedly possible to transmit the maximum envisaged power provided that the permissible currents and voltages are not exceeded in the induction coil and the receiver coil.
  • the current and the voltage are reduced as a result, to a capacitive range of the transfer function, in which an increase in the frequency leads to lower impedance, i.e. the current and the voltage increase with the frequency rise. It is thus disadvantageous if the operating frequency is increased in order to limit the current in the induction coil or the voltage in the receiver coil.
  • a power generation for the induction coil with a half-bridge involves the duty ratio or duty cycle being reduced in accordance with an ON ratio of the power switch with the shorter ON time in relation to a whole cycle period, or a power generation for the induction coil with a full bridge involves the phase angle between a control of the two bridges being reduced.
  • an operating point at maximum duty ratio or duty cycle of close to 50% or operation at 180° phase angle causes the lowest losses in a converter of the power generation, so that frequency control leads to higher efficiency.
  • the present invention particularly involves the handling of a further, specific risk, namely when the electrical consumer has means that can isolate its load from the receiver coil, since the electrical consumer could be destroyed if it is put onto a conventional induction cooking area whose pot detection cannot distinguish the electrical consumer from an ordinary induction-compatible pot.
  • These means are advantageously relays. Owing to the lack of communication from the electrical consumer to the conventional induction cooking area, that is to say in this case to the induction hob, the latter can exceed the permissible limits of the electrical consumer during operation of the applicable induction coil and can damage or even destroy said electrical consumer, possibly even cause a fire.
  • an electrical consumer can have multiple loads, for example one or more individually disconnectable heating resistors and motor-based loads such as fans or stirrers. These need to be able to be operated individually.
  • a communication device integrated in the system should be used, advantageously by means of radio, by the electrical consumer to first prompt the induction coil to switch off the transmitted power or at least to reduce it to a noncritical level for the electrical consumer before it isolates or disconnects a load. If a sudden load change occurs in the course of operation, the impedance changes suddenly, which in most cases leads to a sudden rise in the current in the induction coil and consequently also in the voltage U_load in the receiver coil.
  • the induction coil can protect itself by limiting the current to its maximum permissible value before destruction, provided that there is provision for sufficiently fast detection of the sudden load change and for a reducing device.
  • this can be accomplished by virtue of the induction coil reducing the duty cycle in the DC controller, or the phase angle.
  • the induction coil preferably at the highest possible operating frequency of a converter in the power generation, since a higher impedance can usually be expected there, which can have a current-limiting effect. Since electrical consumers such as an aforementioned mixer or else a toaster, kitchen machines or the like have resonant circuits both on the primary side and on the secondary side, it is particularly possible for two local resonant points to arise in the case of highly coupled systems. One of said resonant points can also be at the highest operating frequency of the converter. Operation of the induction coil should thus always be started with the lowest possible duty cycle or phase angle.
  • the HF control can be operated in the pulse frequency mode, in which the HF ON time is kept constant at the lowest permitted value in accordance with a pulse from one or both switches of the half-bridge. This is consistent with a minimum duty ratio at the highest operating frequency. At the same time, the operating frequency is then reduced, i.e. the oscillation is performed more rarely.
  • a pot detection pulse customary in induction hobs, is activated at a suitable frequency. If this involves the power being gated using one of the described methods, then the resulting gaps need to be rated when calculating the effective power and removed in order to prevent large tolerances in the power regulation.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic depiction of an induction coil apparatus according to the invention with a mixer that has been put on, as electrical consumer,
  • FIGS. 2 to 4 show various flowcharts for a power generation for the induction coil
  • FIG. 5 shows a transfer function for power as a function of the frequency P(f), with control shown.
  • FIG. 1 depicts an induction coil apparatus according to the invention as induction hob 11 , with a hob top 12 and an induction coil 14 on the underside thereof.
  • an inherently standard power generation 16 for the induction coil 14 , there is provision for an inherently standard power generation 16 , as are also installed in normal induction hobs in accordance with the prior art, namely having a converter.
  • the power generation 16 has a first primary-side resonant circuit capacitance 18 and power switches 19 , which can be in the form of a half-bridge or in the form of a full-bridge.
  • the power generation 16 can supply power to or control multiple induction coils of the induction hob 11 , said induction coils not being depicted here.
  • a controller 23 of the induction hob 11 controls the power generation 16 .
  • Said controller has an antenna 24 in order to obtain and also possibly send information by radio.
  • the controller 23 is connected to a display control unit 26 , which can also be of standard design.
  • Said display control unit advantageously has display elements, preferably as LEDs, and control elements, preferably as touch switches. There can also be provision for a combination as touchscreen. This can be used to control the induction hob with its conventional functions as usual. In addition, it can also be used to apply part of the invention.
  • the mixer has a mixer receptacle 32 with a mixer blade 33 therein, and an electric motor 35 for driving said blade.
  • a housing 37 contains the important unit for the supply of power, namely a receiver coil 39 along with switching means 41 therefor.
  • the receiver coil 39 is coupled to the induction coil 14 in the style of a transformer as explained at the outset, this being clearly discernible and imaginable here.
  • a current, corresponding to the generated primary power, in the induction coil 14 induces a voltage in the receiver coil 39 in the style of a transformer, said voltage causing a flow of current and hence a generation of the secondary power in the load of the electrical consumer 30 , namely in the electric motor 35 .
  • the switching means 41 are advantageously in the form of a fuse or the like, rather than as classical switches for controlling the electric motor 35 . This is effected by means of control of the supply of power by the induction coil 14 .
  • a fuse is provided only for emergencies, for example in accordance with a fusible link.
  • There is also provision for a power measurement 42 which can record precisely how much power arrives at the receiver coil 39 or alternatively at the electric motor 35 .
  • the power measurement 42 is designed as known from the prior art.
  • the right-hand side of the housing 39 is provided with a control 43 that has a controller 45 along with an antenna 46 and control elements 48 , advantageously also a display for a user.
  • the controller 45 and the controller 23 can communicate or exchange information with one another by means of the antennas 46 and 24 ; in particular, the controller 45 can send the controller 23 a desired power as desired secondary power, which a user has input using the control elements 48 .
  • a user can input for example a power level 3 as high power for the mixer by means of the control elements 48 , this being deemed to be a desired secondary power and accordingly being sent to the controller 23 .
  • a power supply in the form of a storage battery.
  • the controller 23 uses the power generation 16 to convert the desired secondary power into a primary power to be generated, for example on the basis of empirical values or by calculation.
  • the induction coil 14 is thus operated with a specific primary power that should per se lead to the desired secondary power, at least approximately, and transmits power to the receiver coil 39 in the style of a transformer.
  • This transmitted power is used to operate the control 43 and above all mainly to operate the drive motor 35 in order to drive the mixer.
  • the received secondary power is measured by means of the power measurement 42 , and if it does not yet correspond to the desired secondary power according to the selected power level 3 , because it is too low, the controller 45 sends information to the controller 23 indicating that more primary power needs to be generated.
  • the magnetic coupling between the induction coil 14 and the receiver coil 39 that was cited at the outset can also be significant here, since it impairs the power transmission if it is less than optimum, above all because the induction coil 14 and the receiver coil 39 are not exactly concentric or the like.
  • the controller uses the power generation 16 to change the generated primary power until the information that the actual secondary power corresponds to the desired secondary power arrives. This primary power then continues to be generated, and the electrical consumer or the mixer 30 uses it.
  • P_setpoint corresponds to the desired secondary power that is supposed to be available at the mixer during continuous operation.
  • the power generation 16 with the converter starts at an initial frequency f_ 0 and an initial voltage U_ 0 effectively applied to the primary circuit of the induction coil 14 .
  • These are advantageously chosen such that the actual secondary power is very probably below the desired secondary power P_setpoint.
  • the voltage U for the induction coil 14 is then increased in order to increase the primary power.
  • a measurement is then taken to determine whether the resultant measured secondary power P_actual already corresponds to the desired secondary power P_setpoint. If this is the case, then the steady-state or permanent operating point is already reached.
  • the flowchart in FIG. 3 depicts how the steady-state operating point is adjusted or corrected taking into consideration the dynamic current limiting described previously. Assuming a steady-state operating point like that described above, the actual current I_actual in the induction coil 14 now at once becomes larger. If it becomes less than 5% larger than the current I_ 1 flowing beforehand, or else if it does not change at all, then a check is performed to determine whether the measured secondary power P_actual still corresponds to the desired secondary power P_setpoint. It is possible, of course, that the desired power for the electrical consumer 30 has changed on account of small changes in electrical parameters, for example as a result of temperature effects. If the measured secondary power P_actual still corresponds to the desired secondary power P_setpoint, the operating point remains the same as before.
  • FIG. 4 in combination with FIG. 5 depicts how a transmission is made from a previous operating point to a new operating point.
  • a steady-state operating point obtained as per FIG. 2 exists with a current I_actual through the induction coil 14 that corresponds to an existing current I_ 1 .
  • the power P_p #1 is 2200 W
  • the coupling factor k is 0.75. This is supposed to correspond to relatively good coupling between the induction coil 14 and the electrical consumer 30 or receiver coil 39 in this case, advantageously as a concentric arrangement.
  • either the power requirement for the desired secondary power can change, for example sharply, or the transformer-style coupling changes as described previously on account of the electrical consumer 30 being moved relative to the induction coil 14 , for example by between 3 cm and 5 cm.
  • a check is first of all performed to determine whether the measured primary power P_actual is lower than the desired power P_setpoint, which corresponds to the desired secondary power, that is to say whether the power on the electrical consumer 30 is supposed to become higher, for example because the desired power has been increased there by a user. If this is the case, then the operating frequency of the power generation 16 for the induction coil 14 is reduced. From FIG. 5 , it can be seen how the primary power P rises on the curve P #1 as a result, because the operating point moves to the left on the transfer function P(f). This is checked, and the operating frequency is reduced until the measured secondary power P_actual corresponds to the desired power P_setpoint. A steady-state operating point has then been found again with this very power, the actually measured current I_actual flowing through the induction coil 14 and causing a corresponding primary power therein.
  • the search for a new operating point begins, but in accordance with the jagged curve in FIG. 5 .
  • the effective voltage on the induction coil 14 is reduced until the current I_actual through the induction coil 14 is no larger than the current I_ 1 that flows beforehand or even is smaller proportionately to a setpoint power reduction.
  • the effective voltage applied to the induction coil 14 is then reduced once again in the power generation 16 .
  • the actual power P_actual is supposed to be reduced, of course, that is to say that a move to the right on the transfer function P(f) in FIG. 5 is desired.
  • the operating frequency f is increased as explained at the outset, for example between 0.2 kHz and 1 kHz or 2 kHz. If a maximum voltage U_max is reached or if the measured power P_actual corresponds to the desired power P_setpoint, the flowchart flows to the left and the new steady-state operating point explained above is attained. If this condition is not yet satisfied, a check is performed to determine whether a ratio of measured secondary power P_actual to desired power P_setpoint is in a specific bandwidth, indicated here by +5%/ ⁇ 10%. If this is not the case, there is a sharp change and the previously explained step of increasing the operating frequency needs to be performed again.
  • the loop returns right to the top to reduce the effective voltage. This results in the zigzag line from left to right in this case. If a power P_setpoint of 2200 W was originally desired for operating the electrical consumer 30 at an operating frequency of approximately 24.2 kHz, the new operating point with this secondary power is at an operating frequency of approximately 28.6 kHz.
  • the voltage is lowered sharply until the current and the power assume the previous values again and the desired power would actually be applied in accordance with the previous transfer function P #1, and the operating frequency is then increased somewhat, for example by 0.2 kHz, as a result of which the primary power initially rises again, since the left-hand or capacitive branch of the new transfer function P #2 is now being used.
  • the increase in the operating frequency serves to improve efficiency above all.
  • the local peak is encountered and operation changes to the right-hand inductive range. An increase in the operating frequency therefore now causes a drop in the primary power and hence in the measured power.
  • the aforementioned zigzag characteristic is thus implemented frequently enough until, after an increase in the voltage each time, which is depicted by a long-dashed line, after the operating frequency fop increases, that primary power P at which the desired power P_setpoint of 2200 W is present on the electrical consumer 30 is generated.
  • the transfer function P #2 this is the case for the specific primary power at an operating frequency of approximately 28.6 kHz.
  • Procedures and characteristics would be similar even if, instead of the transformer-style coupling as a result of movement, the desired secondary power on the electrical consumer changes, for example because a user selects a different power level for the mixer.

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